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Adam Grant Quotes

Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: August 13, 1981

Topics

Work Yourself Speak You Modesty

Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.

Life Fate My Life Early Diary Over

I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University.

College University Little Missouri

We're very much focused on full shareholder-value return. We have to get our stock moving. But I won't do something in the short run that I don't feel is right for the long run. That, I've watched many CEOs do.

John T. Chambers

Moving Short Feel Long Focused Run

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led.

Water Horse You Pencil Lead Must

Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism that revealed those errors and pointed them out.

Day Fight Free Guilty Out Classics

I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized.

Growing Up Growing Clean Old Tidy

We always go out looking for live music after our shows.

Live Music Looking Go Always Out

My weight went up and down like a yo-yo.

Down Up And Down Up Weight Like

The more I read my Bible the more I veered away from the Jehovah's Witnesses.

Bible More Away Read Jehovah

Mahesh Bhatt has changed me a lot. I used to be very held back with my words. He has made me open up. He has taught me how to say what comes to my mind, just as he does.

Words Mind Me Back Say Open

I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner.

Feel London Always Outsider Complete

The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that.

Sharon Van Etten

Work Music Myself Me Singing Know

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